What Could Riddick Bowe Have Accomplished If He Wasn't Lazy?

No.
Tyson, Holyfield, Ruddock, Lewis and Bowe were all rated highly at the time.

 

He could have been a top 15 heavy on most people's list. Maybe even breaking into the lower reaches of the top 10. Who knows ? Would have gone 3-0 with Holyfield and beaten the comebacking Tyson. I reckon he'd have beaten the 1992-94 Lennox Lewis,but would have lost to the 1995-99 version of Lennox by a nip and tuck decision.

 

If Bowe had been intrested in training a Lewis fight would have been a huge event.I think around the time 92\93 Bowe would have beaten Lewis.Altough Bowe had flaws so did Lennox,look what Mccall did to him.Yes Bowe lost fights but not like that.

 

He never had the mental fortitude to defeat Lewis. I am not even sure that he could beat Tommy Morrison.

 

he did not need mental fortitude to defeat lennox lewis , just a punch or two , not that i think he would have beaten lewis but he could

 

He wasn't that heavy handed. I don't think he beats Ruddock, Tyson, Morrison or Mercer of that era. Vastly, if not phenomenally, over-rated.

Who was the second best fighter he ever beat? A foul-filled fest with Pierre Coetzer? A crack-addled Bert Cooper? A gift to Tony Tubbs?

Please.

 

when i wrote what i wrote i did not think of Bowe's wins , i thought of Lewis' losses.

 

Till the very end, Lewis was willing to fight guys with a pulse. Ruddock, Mercer, Morrison, Golota, Briggs, Grant, Akinwade, Bruno, Tucker, Tua, Tyson, Botha, VK... all these guys were better than Bowe's second best victim.

Bowe doesn't make my top-50 heavyweights.

 

Yeah because Morrison was so mentally tough and skilled, especially in the stamina department. atsch

 

Ruddock and Foreman arguably provide a deeper resume that Bowe's.

 

Morrison has a glass chin.. Riddick bowe would shatter it.

 

Foreman and Ruddock hit harder. They did not shatter it.

 

On what grounds can Riddick Bowe's mental fortitude be doubted ?

Anyone who saw his THREE fights with Holyfield and the two with Golota should be in no doubt that the man had incredible courage and mental toughness.

 

Tommy Morrison was about on the same level as Herbie Hide.
Ray Mercer lost to a 42 year old Holmes and Jesse Ferguson, and was lucky to get a draw against Marion Wilson.

Please.

 

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